Nienke van Drunen
7 Nienke van Drunen
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Year:
    SR
  • Hometown:
    Zwolle, The Netherlands
  • High School:
    Gymnasium Celeanum
  • Position:
    M
  • Major:
    Criminal Justice
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    1.25
  • h %
    .329
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.70
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.29

Bio

Personal

Nienke is a Criminal Justice major. A fun fact about her is that she's scared of butterflies. 

"I chose Morningside because the coaches and staff were very helpful and made me feel welcome," said Nienke.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 16
Sets 103 56
Kills 129 79
Kills per set 1.25 1.41
Errors 25 12
Total Attacks 316 187
Total Attacks per set 3.07 3.34
Hitting Percentage .329 .358
Assists 10 6
Assists per set 0.10 0.11
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 6 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 30 22
Digs per set 0.29 0.39
Block Solo 9 7
Block Assist 63 42
Block Total 72 49
Blocks per set 0.70 0.88
Block Errors 3 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 169.5 107.0
Points per set 1.6 1.9
Matches started 25 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 16 at (RV) College of Idaho W, 3-2 - 3 1 0 4 .250 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Aug 16 vs. #15 Montana Western W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Aug 17 vs. #3 Eastern Oregon L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 9 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 17 vs. Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 6 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Aug 23 vs. Goshen (IN) W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 5 .400 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Aug 23 vs. #25 Ottawa W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 4 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Aug 24 vs. John Brown W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 8 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 6.0
Aug 24 vs. Saint Mary W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 12 .167 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 8.0
Aug 28 at (RV) Dakota State (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 5 1 15 .267 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Aug 30 vs. #9 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 7 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Aug 30 vs. Cottey (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 13 .308 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Aug 31 vs. Mayville State W, 3-0 1 2 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Aug 31 vs. York (NE) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 4 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-2 - 4 4 1 11 .273 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 6.5
Sep 7 at Mount Marty W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 #1 Northwestern L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 13 (RV) Valley City State L, 3-2 - 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 14 Waldorf W, 3-2 - 5 9 1 16 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Sep 18 at Dakota Wesleyan (SD) L, 3-1 1 4 5 0 14 .357 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 7.5
Sep 25 at Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 5 .800 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 28 at Hastings W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 3.0
Oct 4 Mount Marty W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 9 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Oct 5 College of Saint Mary (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 9 .444 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 4 0 6.5
Oct 11 at #18 Midland L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 12 .167 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 11 0 11 0 8.5
Oct 12 at #4 Concordia (NE) L, 3-1 1 4 5 2 17 .176 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Oct 16 at #1 Northwestern L, 3-1 1 4 7 3 18 .222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Oct 19 Doane (NE) W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 8 .375 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Oct 23 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 8 .500 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 30 Briar Cliff (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 15 .600 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Nov 2 Dakota Wesleyan (SD) W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 16 .438 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Nov 5 at Waldorf W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 18 .444 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 10.5
Nov 9 Hastings L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 14 .286 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
Nov 23 at #15 Viterbo L, 3-1 1 4 6 3 19 .158 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 1 1 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.00 0.5 0.5
2022-23 28 97 112 1.15 64 323 .149 3 0.03 0 0.00 20 4 34 0.35 11 61 72 0.74 153.5 1.6
2023-24 29 84 102 1.21 45 303 .188 1 0.01 0 0.00 12 0 20 0.24 7 53 60 0.71 135.5 1.6
2024-25 31 103 129 1.25 25 316 .329 10 0.10 0 0.00 6 0 30 0.29 9 63 72 0.70 169.5 1.6
Total 89 285 343 1.20 134 942 .222 14 0.05 0 0.00 38 4 84 0.29 27 178 205 0.72 459.0 1.6
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 31 103 129 1.25 25 316 .329 10 0.10 0 0.00 6 0 30 0.29 9 63 72 0.70 169.5 1.6
Conference 16 56 79 1.41 12 187 .358 6 0.11 0 0.00 2 0 22 0.39 7 42 49 0.88 107.0 1.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 32 46 1.44 2 102 .431 3 0.09 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.34 3 22 25 0.78 60.0 1.9
Away 11 41 51 1.24 14 141 .262 6 0.15 0 0.00 3 0 15 0.37 5 26 31 0.76 69.0 1.7
Neutral 10 30 32 1.07 9 73 .315 1 0.03 0 0.00 3 0 4 0.13 1 15 16 0.53 40.5 1.4
Result Wins 20 65 88 1.35 14 188 .394 6 0.09 0 0.00 4 0 19 0.29 4 40 44 0.68 112.0 1.7
Losses 11 38 41 1.08 11 128 .234 4 0.11 0 0.00 2 0 11 0.29 5 23 28 0.74 57.5 1.5
Month August 12 37 38 1.03 10 92 .304 2 0.05 0 0.00 4 0 7 0.19 1 18 19 0.51 48.0 1.3
September 7 22 26 1.18 4 61 .361 3 0.14 0 0.00 0 0 5 0.23 4 9 13 0.59 34.5 1.6
October 8 29 39 1.34 7 96 .333 2 0.07 0 0.00 2 0 15 0.52 3 27 30 1.03 55.5 1.9
November 4 15 26 1.73 4 67 .328 3 0.20 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.20 1 9 10 0.67 31.5 2.1

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